Burkina Faso News

I arrived in Ouagadougou last night, with my good friends and colleagues Steve and Charlie, but sadly without Lynne, who has been feeling very sick over the last few weeks.

Animals gather near a pump in Dori, northern Burkina Faso . In many areas of the Sahel, needs are many while water is scarce BAMAKO, 23 July 2010 - In Mali's northeastern Kidal region water shortages threaten lives and the region's very stability, residents and local officials say.

MALI: Water has become a "luxury" Animals gather near a pump in Dori, northern Burkina Faso .

Ouagadougou - Three police officers in Burkina Faso have been locked up on suspicion of having beaten a young man to death in the southwestern town of Gaoua, judicial sources said on Friday.

So it looks like we will have somewhere to stay when we get back to Gorom-Gorom in a couple of weeks time... This is our house and office, built in the Oudalan Ministry Centre in Gorom-Gorom, where we live with Seydou and Pierre and families.

The Angolan presidency of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries will be a milestone in the affirmation of priorities a nd objectives of the Community, contributing for the strengthening of solidarity am ong member states, Portuguese president Cavaco Silva, asserted on Monday.

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At least 15 heads of states from the African continent are among the dignitaries confirmed to be attending this afternoon's World Cup final match at Soccer City between the Netherlands and Spain.

S. Leo Chiang documents New Orleans's Vietnamese community's mobilization against a landfill for toxic Katrina debris adjacent to their neighborhood, in "A Village Called Versailles," screening Saturday 5/15 at the Chicago Cultural Center.

World Business News - Item [108924]: News Release Orezone Gold results from an infill and resource expansion drill at its Bombore Gold Project in Burkina Faso Orezone Gold Corporation is pleased to announce its fourth consecutive batch of positive results from an infill and resource expansion drill program at its Bombore Gold Project in Burkina ...

Americans working in northern regions of Burkina Faso have been evacuated to the capital Ouagadougou following a terrorism warning, a US embassy source in Ouagadougou said.

The Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso has been started up by IamGold Corp. six months prior to the planned date of year end 2010.

Local food - like sesame, tamarind and certain leaves - is a vital tool in the fight against malnutrition, say aid workers training families in northern Burkina Faso.

On June 17th, the third panafrican conference on best practices in ICT in francophone Africa opened in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso [fr]. While the conference focused on strategies to curb cyber-criminality, the Togolese blogosphere is embracing the potential of information technology for development, especially women and young people.

The State Department warned Thursday that a group connected to al-Qaida's terror network in North Africa is planning to kidnap an American or another Westerner in northern Burkina Faso.

The State Department warned Thursday that a group connected to al-Qaida's terror network in North Africa is planning to kidnap an American or another Westerner in northern Burkina Faso.

The State Department is warning that a group connected to al-Qaida's affiliate in northern Africa is planning to kidnap an American or another Westerner in Burkina Faso.